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by simon_weber 13y ago
I've assumed you couldn't [compile c++] on a chromebook directly You can, actually - just not out of the box. I describe switching to dev mode and using crouton for this in my post. does most of your chromebook development come
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by simon_weber 13y ago
"development" means developing what? I probably should have put that in: I work on everything you mentioned, with the exception of mobile apps. I do most of my work remotely (my campus wifi is pretty good), but everything works loc
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by simon_weber 13y ago
Is it possible to Ctrl-Alt-Fx to get a console while leaving the browser running? Yup. With dev mode on, you can enable root access to VT2 (which is getty). VT1 is CrOS, so you can switch between the two as you please with Ctrl-Alt-
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by simon_weber 13y ago
Using a Chrome plugin for SSH is taking unnecessary risks. What kind of risks are you concerned about? It's a sandboxed NaCl plugin with a strict CSP that runs OpenSSH. I suppose you could get concerned about key security (since the
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by simon_weber 13y ago
I wasn't aware of the zRAM tip (I don't think I've ever hit the ram threshold). I'll be turning this on and adding it to the post; thanks. For the curious, there's a good explanatory post here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/chromebook-ce
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by simon_weber 13y ago
crouton eliminates the need for an internet connection, as well as letting you run whatever you want. I can't say I've tried running a vm inside my chrooted OS, but I don't think there'd be anything preventing it.
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by simon_weber 13y ago
I switched to the 550 from a eeepc (running debian). CrOS is the real added value, if you ask me: it's the closest thing to the "linux that just works" dream. I'd be curious to see how the cheaper ARM Chromebook performs with these tools (e
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Development on a Chromebook: an opinionated guide(simonmweber.com)
49 points by simon_weber 13y ago|41 comments
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by simon_weber 14y ago
I like http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest enough to point it out specifically (it's linked far down the page). Combined with PEP8, it's a fantastic stylistic resource.
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by simon_weber 14y ago
This is exactly the problem that http://toma.hk and http://www.tomahawk-player.org are trying to solve. Their approach: your library becomes (title, artist, album) tuples, and then songs are found at whatever provider you use when you w
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by simon_weber 14y ago
I do a lot of this kind of work for gmusicapi, and I still keep a Windows VM around just to use Fiddler. Does anyone have recommendations for other tools? I came away from Burp and Charles disappointed in the past, but that was some time ag
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by simon_weber 14y ago
You are confused by the misleading "application-specific password" terminology. These passwords each allow the same degree of access: the password you use on your phone could be interchanged with the one on your xmpp client. Aside from bein
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by simon_weber 14y ago
Google's authentication schemes can be incredibly confusing, and they're something I've had to deal with while building an unofficial client to Google Music [0]. Here are two things worth knowing (that are somewhat covered by the article):
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by simon_weber 14y ago
Good advice. I've got one to add: #x and y are dictionaries z = dict(x.items() + y.items()) It merges two dictionaries, giving precedence to the second (in Python 2 - Python 3 is a bit more nasty: http://stackoverflow.com/question
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Paper Gestalt (pdf)(vision.ucsd.edu)
3 points by simon_weber 14y ago|0 comments
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by simon_weber 14y ago
Github pages is a fantastic service. I use it as an automatic archive for a daily mailing list: https://github.com/simon-weber/the-listserve-archive . Basically, Github is my free host, database and api.
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by simon_weber 14y ago
I've been pleasantly surprised by how well my chromebook works as a dev machine, and I'd even go as far as to recommend it. A few tips and comments to those considering it: You'll want the secure shell and chrome remote desktop extensions.
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An archive of The Listserve(thelistservearchive.com)
10 points by simon_weber 14y ago|0 comments
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Cold-email a VP, publish in Phrack(simonmweber.com)
3 points by simon_weber 14y ago|0 comments
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by simon_weber 15y ago
For those who prefer video, Dave Brondsema gave an excellent talk on decorators and custom context managers at PyCon: http://pyvideo.org/video/883/decorators-and-context-managers .
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by simon_weber 15y ago
I built an api for Google Music: https://github.com/simon-weber/Unofficial-Google-Music-API .
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by simon_weber 15y ago
What do you see as the difference between the two? Or, put another way, what do you see as the requirements for a disruption? I don't see any reason why a middleman that's doing something innovative shouldn't be considered a disruption.
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by simon_weber 15y ago
I thought the way they used the "Meet the Team" teasers was really clever: "Each content update started with a teaser trailer that hinted at several possible new items or features, and Valve developers would monitor the community reaction i
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by simon_weber 15y ago
Your g+ and example site made it immediately clear to me. Maybe make that more prominent? Cool project, by the way.
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by simon_weber 15y ago
That's a good point, actually; I hadn't thought of that. Maybe "gmusicapi" would be a better choice? Anyone else got an opinion?
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by simon_weber 15y ago
Best idea I've heard all day. Let me know if you end up doing this, I'd love to help out.
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Show HN: an unofficial API for Google Music(github.com)
48 points by simon_weber 15y ago|9 comments
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by simon_weber 15y ago
I prefer the idea that the lucky ones "made their own luck" by increasing luck surface area. In this view, the lucky may not have recognized opportunity better, just created better opportunities for themselves (through hard work). Even if t
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by simon_weber 15y ago
The venerable CMU binary bomb assignment covers a lot of useful concepts.
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by simon_weber 15y ago
Blackmore in her introductions to consciousness suggests something related: that consciousness is an a concept (or illusion, to her) only widely known because it became a social meme.

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